Francesca Coltrera

Background

About Francesca Coltrera

I am an award-winning medical writer and editor at Harvard Health Publishing, which attracts millions of views every month by sharing evidence-based, engaging, and actionable health and wellness information. Science and medicine sprint ahead, changing as the evidence does, and I embrace the scramble to keep up. I enjoy experimenting with different ways to craft and deliver well-honed, well-vetted health messages. During earlier chapters in my career, my writing appeared in many traditional media venues, including Newsweek, O Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Fitlinxx, and Technology Review. I reviewed fiction for Publisher’s Weekly, wrote a column on mysteries for the Boston Herald, and freelanced as the women’s books section editor for Amazon –– a job that allowed me to dip into an endless range of intriguing topics. I write and edit extensively on a broad swath of topics: women’s health, mental health, health tolls exacted by climate change, brain health, exercise, nutrition, cancer, caregiving, health equity challenges and opportunities, ways to live happier and longer lives, and the crazy cost of essential prescription drugs. Books:• Co-Author, Living Through Breast Cancer (McGraw-Hill)• Co-Author, The Breast Cancer Survivor’s Fitness Plan (McGraw-Hill)Specialties: • Presenting cutting-edge research in a lively voice aimed at a general audience.• Crafting well-honed, evidence-based health messages.• Acting as an independent editor and writing coach on fiction and non-fiction projects.